0806

Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister, Messages and Correspondence

Reference

HW 1/806

Date

30 July 1942

Government Department

Government Code and Cypher School

File Accession Date

1993

Description

A file of signals intelligence reports, messages, and correspondence issued by the Government Code and Cypher School and sent by the head ('C') of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) to the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. This file includes the following report on North Africa: that the German Air Force (GAF) requested the Italian Air Force to move their fighter forces so as to be able to protect coastal shipping, in view of RAF successes, on July 29.